The Dodals
Subtitle: pioneers of Czech animated film
By: Eva Strusková ; [English translation, Lucie Vidmar]
Contributors: Vidmarová, Lucie, translator; Národní filmový archív; Akademie múzických umění v Praze
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9788070041550; 9788073312718
Subjects: Animated films; Motion picture producers and directors; Animators; History
Other titles: Pioneers of Czech animated film
Work titles: Dodalovi
Notes: Accompanying DVD "Dodalovi = The Dodals" includes 28 animated films by K. and I. Dodals, their biographies, filmography and other special features.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.

DVD; PAL.

Translated from the Czech. Accompanying DVD in Czech and English.
Table of contents: title: Book: Prologue; title: The early years of Czech animation: 1920s-1930s. The world of animation and the initial attempts of Czech animators in Prague; title: Karel and Hermína Dodal in Elekta Journal; title: Felix, Bimbo and an underwater romance: the first films by the Dodals; title: The fateful encounter and the birth of IRE-film; title: The adventures of a ubiquitous fellow: fusing the Czech puppet theatre tradition and film; title: Schicht, Ba̕ta and the rest: the advertising market in inter-war Czechoslovakia; title: IRE-film and seeking a style of Czechoslovak film advertising; title: The Dodals' Czech oeuvre: their program and its realization; title: Irena's public relations and film reflections; title: Thwarted plans: closing IRE-film; title: The wartime anabasis: 1940s. Zbraslav, Paris, Minneapolis, New York: in search of asylum; title: The Theresienstadt years of Irena Dodalová and the story of the stolen outtakes; title: Living in exile: 1940s-1980s. Irena and Karel Dodal in the United States and Argentina; title: Conclusion: The discontinuity and continuity of Czech animated film.; title: DVD:; title: The Dodals =; title: Dodalovi. -- Films.; title: Felix the Cat receives a lesson -- (1927); title: The new adventures of Felix the Cat -- (1927); title: A water sprite in love -- (1928); title: A cabin boy on salty water -- (1929); title: Bimbo's unfortunate adventure -- (1930); title: The mystery of the MK 204 turning point -- (1934); title: Taming of the black giant -- (1935); title: A midnight wedding -- (1935); title: Mum's trip to heaven -- (1935); title: A cheerful concert -- (1935); title: The tin drum -- (1936); title: The adventures of a ubiquitous fellow -- (1936); title: A brief view of the future -- (1936); title: Three men -- (1936); title: The secret of the Lucerna Palace -- (1936); title: The sounds of outer space -- (1936); title: The Wizard of Tones -- (1936); title: Slattern and Glossie -- (1937); title: Fantaisie érotique -- (1937); title: The play of bubbles -- (1937); title: Everything for a scrambled pancake! -- (1937); title: An autumn song -- (1937); title: The unforgettable poster -- (1937); title: Spring is here -- (1938); title: The protest -- (1938); title: Ideas in search of light -- (1938); title: There were three men -- (1947); title: Apollon Musagete -- (1951) -- Documentation. -- Artists' biographies -- Filmography: 1927-1938 -- Film projects:; title: The Czechoslovak Republic in colours, dances and songs -- (1935) ;; title: The heart of Europe -- (1937) ;; title: Theresienstadt: film fragments -- (1942) ;; title: Paul Bunyan -- (1940-1942) ;; title: El concierto -- (1954) ;; title: Fragments from Argentina-- (1930s and 1950s)-- Calendar-- (1900-1945).